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Talking must now lead to plan of action

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  • Monday, September 4, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I’m writing this blog before I’m due to go on holiday and hoping the fiasco with the air traffic control fault is resolved soon so we can get away to a warmer and sunnier climate.

Reflections from the North West

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  • Tuesday, August 29, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I write this having recently been talking with my team about a very difficult placement sufficiency ‘market’ (how we come to use the language we do about children needing loving homes is beyond me!).

Every summer has its own story

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  • Monday, August 21, 2023
    • | CYP Now
As I write this blog in a local café, the radio announces that 15 asylum-seekers have boarded the barge in Portland.

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

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  • Monday, August 14, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The privilege of being a member of ADCS, a member of our Council of Reference and the chair of the ADCS Migrant Families Taskforce means that I have access, on your behalf, to senior colleagues in central government departments and on occasion access to experiences that may not usually be available.

Cogs in the machine

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  • Monday, August 7, 2023
    • | CYP Now
As August arrives, holiday season and allegedly some warmer weather, our colleagues at Ofsted tend not to be focused on inspections (although we are hearing of one or two monitoring visits).

Please mind the (mental health) gap

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  • Monday, July 31, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Cast your mind back to January 2021, the country is in its third and most miserable lockdown, schools are closed to the majority of children again and not even the weather or novelty of a staying home is there to ease the pain. I remember worrying right at the beginning of lockdown just what this would mean for our children’s mental health and sadly it didn’t take long to find out.

Lessons in life

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  • Monday, July 24, 2023
    • | CYP Now
At the end of this month, I will be moving from my familiar surroundings of the West Midlands to the North West where I am taking on my new role of corporate director of children and young people’s services in Liverpool.

It’s a privilege

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  • Monday, July 3, 2023
    • | CYP Now
There has been a lot of chatter in our ADCS groups about retirement in the last few months and I have watched with ‘green eyes’ as a number of longstanding directors of children’s services have announced their retirement plans.

How do we achieve an inclusive education system?

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  • Monday, June 26, 2023
    • | CYP Now
As we come to the end of another academic year, I thought it was timely to focus on one of my priorities for my presidential year; to set out our ambition for an inclusive education system that enables all children to fulfil their potential.

The simple things that matter most…

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  • Monday, June 19, 2023
    • | CYP Now
The varying number of national and regional initiatives, pathfinders and pilots emerging out of the government’s plan to reform the children’s social care system, Stable Homes Built on Love, have occupied many of our regional conversations over the last couple of months.

Amplifying voices

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  • Monday, June 12, 2023
    • | CYP Now
I write this travelling home from London, having spent the day at the National Panel Reimagining Child Protection conference.

The importance of permanency and belonging

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  • Friday, May 26, 2023
    • | CYP Now
As we near the end of Foster Care Fortnight I have been reflecting on both the importance of foster carers across the country and also the importance of permanence and belonging for our children in care.

Please don’t normalise delay

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  • Monday, May 22, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Earlier this month, three of the consultations associated with the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, and the government’s implementation plans, came to a close.

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